Encouraging Children to Read - Show #26
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Reading is such an important part of everyday life and the old adage, “Practice makes perfect,” most definitely applies to children learning how to read.
My guest this week is Sandy Fleming from All Info About Reading and she shares her insights about the best ways to encourage our children to read. Sandy is a classroom teacher who has taught special education students and she also tutors children who need extra reading help.
Sandy discusses the importance of reading to toddlers and elementary-aged children, the process of learning how to spell, why older children should read aloud to us, and why parents need to be their child’s advocate when it comes to getting tutoring help. Just because our kids are in full-day school does not mean parents should sit idle or not be involved in their child’s learning.
Reading skills are also necessary for every other subject taught in school, from science to social studies. Even math classes use word problems so if a child struggles with reading, chances are other grades are suffering as well.
Problems that are addressed very early in their school careers can be resolved before their grades slip too low or before they start tackling difficult subject matter.
Also in the show:
Come hear two cuties, Tristan and Levi, tell their jokes as part of our StoryTelling Kids contest! Deadline to enter to win a bookmark and really cute stuffed monkey is Monday, March 10th at 9pm eastern.
photo credit: ninjapoodles
Learning to read is such an important time in a child’s life and a great opportunity to enjoy the wealth of stories available in libraries, bookstores as well as those written by the children themselves.
On my webpage, http://www.squidoo.com/BeginningReaders you will find dozens of ideas for Beginning Readers, their teachers, parents or homeschooling families such as Word Walls, Lapbooking, Literacy Bags and Learning Centers.
I have two kids that are not great readers Ill be listening for sure thanks for the heads up
Teaching your children to become avid readers starts with sharing books with them. I have always loved to read to my children and now that they are older we often take turns reading.
My house is saturated with print. I keep picture books in the bathroom for quick reading.
We have magnet words on the refrigerator.
Whenever we find a book that we especially love we find favorite quotes, illustrate them and post them in the bathroom.
We go to the library at least once a week and always bring books whenever we may need to wait (dentist, bank).
We listen to books on tape and whenever possible the kids follow along in the book.
I love the encouragement expressed on the Wonder Years Radio.
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How does one teach/encourage avid reading when the cost of a book is a few days/weeks wage even in the local language - let alone in English, and the school isn’t too concerned? (And due to this, there are no libraries as most parents/children don’t know how to well treat/respect books that aren’t theirs) And the few books I do have (a couple Disney anthologies), aren’t being read, but memorized - I can tell because it is OBVIOUS she remember the context (she will “read” synonyms that aren’t even close to what she sees but appropriate to the context and therefore the story “works”). I get frustrated easily. When my 7 year old daughter stumbles I am the one who wants to cry. Anyone know any sites that have Dr Suess words/ illustrated type reading material that I can use to start her off again as if she is 4 years old?